DO MALE BYU-IDAHO STUDENTS SPEND TOO

MUCH ON A FIRST DATE?!

BACKGROUND INFORMATION ING- Direct did a survey of 1015

people They asked what is the “most

appropriate amount” to spend on a first date.

Men thought that they should spend $108

Women thought they should spend $85

Women said that $192 was too much while $27 was too cheap.

“Women clearly feel uncomfortable when a man spends too much on a first date,” said Lisa Claes, ING’s executive director.

OUR QUESTION “Do male BYU-Idaho

students spend too much on a first date?”

Population- BYU-Idaho students

Sample- 100 males students and 100 females students

DATA COLLECTION Question to girls- “How much should a guy

spend on a first date?” Question to guys- “How much do you spend

on a first date?” Each girl went to the MC and asked 25 guys

and 25 girls Each manly man went to the library and

asked 25 guys and 25 girls

DATA COLLECTION

5 15 25 35 45 55 65More

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

How much does a guy spend on a first date?

Frequency

Amount spent in dollars

Num

ber o

f guy

s

5 15 25 35 45 55 65More

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

How much should a guy spend on a first date according to girls?

Frequency

Amounts in dollars

Num

ber o

f girl

s

THE GIRLS SAID…

5 15 25 35 45More

0

4

8

12

Girls ask Girls

Amount in Dollars

Freq

uenc

y

5 15 25 35 45 55More

05

101520Guys ask Girls

Amount in Dollars

Freq

uenc

y

THE GUYS SAID…

5 20 35 50 65More

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1012Girls ask Guys

Amount in Dollars

Freq

uenc

y

5 15 25 35 45 55More

05

101520Guys ask Guys

Amount in Dollars

Freq

uenc

y

DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS Guys ask Guys

Mean- $18.75 Standard Deviation-

$11.60 Range- $60 Median- $18.50 Mode- $20

Girls ask Girls Mean- $24.38 Standard Deviation-

$11.12 Range- $45 Median- $20 Mode- $20

INFERENTIAL STATISTICS µ1= when girls ask girls

µ2= when guys ask guys

P-Value= .007 P-Value .007 < .05 Reject the null There is sufficient evidence to conclude that

girls want guys to pay more on a first date.

CONCLUSION!!! We learned that, in actuality, girls think that

guys should spend more We should have sent one guy to the MC and

one girl to the MC, and had the guy and girl go together to ask every question.

Girls would tell a lower amount to the guys asking than when a girl asked them

Guys would say a higher amount when a girl asked them as opposed to when a guy asked them.

Thus, men and women at BYU-Idaho both lie. A lot.